Woman in Banteay Meanchey loses leg after UXO explosion
Explosive remnants of war continue to haunt the Cambodian people with the country at peace, with a 33-year-old woman losing a leg after stepping on a landmine while harvesting bamboo shoots in Banteay Meanchey province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/woman-in-banteay-meanchey-loses-leg-after-uxo-explosion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/woman-banteay-meanchey-loses-leg-after-uxo-explosion
Keo romeat mango to get standard
The government will issue a standard for the type of mango known as ‘keo romeat’, a move that seeks to bolster sales abroad as well as consumer trust on the product, a high-ranking official revealed yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/keo-romeat-mango-to-get-standard/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50487613/keo-romeat-mango-to-get-standard/
Doctor tried over fraud allegations
A medicAl doctor Accused of frAud by the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court Admitted At triAl yesterdAy to swindling $10,000 And A cAr from his business pArtners As they were setting up A phArmAcy eArlier this yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/doctor-tried-over-frAud-AllegAtions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/doctor-tried-over-fraud-allegations
Koh Kong authorities bar democracy training, citing new law
Provincial authorities in Koh Kong province have barred a group of law students from conducting a two-day training course on human rights and democracy, citing a controversial law passed earlier this year. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-kong-authorities-bar-democracy-training-citing-new-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/koh-kong-authorities-bar-democracy-training-citing-new-law/3020066.html
Pilot for new voter registration system identifies key problems
Halfway into a pilot project testing a computerized voter registration system, the National Election Committee (NEC) has identified a lack of electricity and Internet access in the countryside along with inaccurate voter documentation as its main challenges. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pilot-for-new-voter-registration-system-identifies-key-problems/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pilot-for-new-voter-registration-system-identifies-key-problems-99786/
Royal Group set to build hotel on Koh Rong
The Royal Group, in partnership with a Thailand-based Swiss investor, will build a 148-room five-star hotel on Preah Sihanouk’s Koh Rong island, with the group having completed a ground-breaking ceremony on Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/royal-group-set-to-build-hotel-on-koh-rong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kun Kourchettana
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/royal-group-set-build-hotel-koh-rong
Health ministry warns of drought's consequences
The Ministry of Health expects a dangerous year for diseases and heat trauma as a result of the extreme weather that the Kingdom is experiencing, according to a series of public statements this week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/health-ministry-warns-of-droughts-consequences/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Bun Sengkong and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-warns-droughts-consequences
Vietnamese ferry hits Cambodian boat
A lArge VietnAmese ferry crAshed into A CAmbodiAn fishing boAt off Ach Seh islAnd on SAturdAy night in A mAritime hit-And-run, with the ferry motoring AwAy After dAmAging the bAck section of the long-boAt. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vietnAmese-ferry-hits-cAmbodiAn-boAt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27107/vietnamese-ferry-hits-cambodian-boat/
Angkor temple dress code now in effect
At 8 A.m. on ThursdAy, Lin SAmpho picked up An AustrAliAn tourist from A Siem ReAp City hotel to tAke her to the Angkor ArchAeologicAl PArk for A morning trek through the site’s Ancient temples. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Angkor-temple-dress-code-now-in-effect/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Phan Soumy and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angkor-temple-dress-code-now-in-effect-116300/
Top cop says no capacity to convict
A high-rAnking police officiAl yesterdAy bemoAned CAmbodiA’s lAck of cApAcity to fight cybercrime, just A week After the government’s Announcement of A new Anti-Cybercrime DepArtment prompted feArs of An online clAmpdown on dissent. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/top-cop-sAys-no-cApAcity-to-convict/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/top-cop-says-no-capacity-convict
Vathana ‘partner’ no fan of prime minister
A notorious frAudster with whom Justice Minister Ang Vong VAthAnA Allegedly hAd A business relAtionship hAs turned out to be A violent critic of Prime Minister Hun Sen. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vAthAnA-pArtner-no-fAn-of-prime-minister/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vathana-partner-no-fan-prime-minister
Doctor’s unintentional murder charge dropped
A doctor who hAd been Accused of cAusing A womAn to die in lAbour becAuse he AbAndoned her during childbirth to go to A pArty hAd chArges AgAinst him dropped by the Court of AppeAl on MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/doctors-unintentionAl-murder-chArge-dropped/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/doctors-unintentional-murder-charge-dropped
Education Ministry investigates test bribe
The Ministry of Education yesterday said it is creating a committee to investigate an alleged case of a student bribing education officials in Battambang with $650 to give him a passing grade 12 exam score in 2014. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-ministry-investigates-test-bribe/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-ministry-investigates-test-bribe
Chinese firm mulls energy sector prospects
A leAding Chinese mAnufActurer of power trAnsmission And distribution equipment recently visited CAmbodiA to explore opportunities in the Kingdom’s rApidly growing energy sector, including A proposAl for A fActory to produce equipment for the electricity sector. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-firm-mulls-energy-sector-prospects/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-mulls-energy-sector-prospects
Renewables start to gain traction
Solar power is slowly gaining momentum in Cambodia as a viable source of electricity for the country’s growing energy needs, though stakeholders are anxious to see a real government commitment to establish a beneficial regulatory framework. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/renewables-start-to-gain-traction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/renewables-start-gain-traction
Task force grills officials over allegations of graft
Two military commanders, a military police commander and a provincial police chief in Mondulkiri were questioned by the national military police’s anti-logging task force yesterday for their alleged involvement in a Vietnamese timber smuggling operation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/task-force-grills-officials-over-allegations-of-graft/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/task-force-grills-officials-over-allegations-graft
Maruhan Japan Bank buys stake in MFI
Maruhan Japan Bank yesterday became the first commercial bank in Cambodia to make a direct equity investment into a microfinance institution by becoming Sathapana’s majority shareholder, with a 95.1 per cent stake. Financial details were not disclosed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maruhan-japan-bank-buys-stake-in-mfi/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Military might: soldiers put end to Veng Sreng strike
Soldiers used force on Friday to end a strike at a garment factory on Veng Sreng Boulevard, where demands included a lunch bonus of 2,000 riel and an end to forced overtime, workers and union officials said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/military-might-soldiers-put-end-to-veng-sreng-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-might-soldiers-put-end-veng-sreng-strike
Five families accept flats in Chroy Changva
Five families among a community of 40 that have been fighting a powerful developer for land they live on in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district accepted compensation packages on Monday, the first cracks in a previously united community. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-families-accept-flats-in-chroy-changva/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/five-families-accept-flats-in-chroy-changva-65420/
District governor in Kampot reprimanded
In a letter published online yesterday, the anti-Corruption Unit slapped a Kampot district governor on the wrist for not clearly posting public service fees and for overseeing a racket that allegedly solicited bribes in exchange for expediting paperwork. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/district-governor-in-kampot-reprimanded/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/district-governor-kampot-reprimanded